Background Outbreaks of unexplained illness frequently remain under-investigated. In India,
outbreaks of an acute neurological illness with high mortality among children occur annually …

Background In the absence of a comprehensive review, we conducted a systematic review
on the use of systematic approach in outbreak investigation using reports from India …

Earlier we had reported on annual sea sonal outbreaks of hypoglycaemic ence phalopathy
in children in Muzaffarpur district, Bihar1, 2. Until our studies in 2013 (réf. 1), this disease …

No single syndrome will accommodate all these disparate clinical conditions. Each clinical
entity must be diagnosed and managed according to the modern medical recommendations …

Abstract Background Hypoglycin A (HGA) and methylenecyclopropylglycine (MCPrG) from
seeds/seedlings of Sycamore maple (SM, Acer pseudoplatanus) causes atypical myopathy …

Some districts of Bihar, especially Muzzaffarpur district, have been known to be affected by
annual outbreak, called locally as Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) which became one of …

Many plants regularly consumed by humans contain substances that in sufficient doses
have the potential to induce neurological disease. Susceptibility varies but often includes a …

We investigated the cause of seasonal outbreaks of pediatric acute encephalitis-like
syndrome associated with litchi harvests (May–July) in northern Vietnam since 2008 …

Simple Summary Equids kept at pasture are at risk of being intoxicated by ingesting
sycamore maple seeds or seedlings, which contain the two non-proteinogenic amino acids …

Background Up to now quantification of hypoglycin A in serum and urine in the range of
nmols to μmols per liter plus the measurement of accumulated acyl conjugates have been …